TITLE:
Innovation and Change in Public Administration
AUTHORS:
J. A. Oliveira Rocha, Gonçalves J. B. Zavale
KEYWORDS:
Innovation, Change Public Management and Public Administration
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.9 No.6,
June
25,
2021
ABSTRACT: This article defines and examines the concept of innovation, as a radical
change in Public Administration that can be defined as translating into new
processes, new technologies, creation of new products and introduction of new
values in Public Administration. New public management models mean forms of
innovation, new paradigms and new forms of management. This discussion examines
the characteristics of each model through history, specifically underlining the break introduced by the New
Public Management Model which meant a complete change in the public management
philosophy. In analyzing the change process and strategy, whose impetus falls
to the political power, we will take into account social or economic ruptures
and the pressure of citizens. Finally, some instruments and incentives for
change are made explicit and we show that change is the responsibility of
management; and, once introduced, such change must be “frozen” through
legislative instruments.